Device for filling bottles.



PATENTED AUG. 22, 1905.

H. G. ROTH.

DEVICE FOR FILLING BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.13, 1904.

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DEVlCE FOR FILLING BOTTLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug.. 22, 1905.

Application iled December 13, 1904. Serial No. 236,681.

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Be it known that I, HENRY G. ROTH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devicesfor Filling Bottles; and I do hereby declare thel following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in thevart to which it appertains to make and use thesame. y

My present invention has for its especial object to provide improvedmeans for use in lilling bottles with olives, pickles, fruit,vegetables, ctc.; and to this end it consists of the novel devices andcombinations of devices hereinafter described, and defined in theclaims.

To all persons familiar with the packing in bottles of articles such asthose above en umerated it is a well-known fact that such articles mustbe assorted and packed or arranged with a great deal of care, so thatthose which are at the outside of the bottle and are exposed to viewthrough the transparent walls of the bottle will present an attractiveappearance and so that there will be as little waste space as possibleleft within the bottle after it has been filled. In the process ofpacking as hitherto carried out long-jawed pincers have usually beenemployed, by means of which the articles after being' assorted or in theprocess of assortment are placed in the desired arrangement iirst at thebottom of the bottle and then are built up to the top of the bottle.lhis old process has been very slow and has required skilled labor,chiefly because of the difficulty of properly arranging' the articles atthe bottom of the bottle by use of the pincers and on account of thedifficulty of removing any such article which after having been placedin position is not found to be of the proper size to iit or make up alayer.

By my invention I provide a device by the use of which the packing isalways done at the upper end or the mouth-opening of the bottle, wherethe articles may be packed by the use of the lingers, and hence arecapable of rapid handling'.

A salient feature of the invention consists in the provision of avertically-movable false bottom, which is adapted to be depressed orforced downward as the articles are packed within the bottle in theproperly-assorted a1'- rangement.

Another important feature of the invention consists of means wherebyTthe false bottom may be moved from the upper portion or mouth of thebottle, and still another feature consists in the provision of asliding' frictional support for the false bottom which is detachablyapplicable to the outside of the bottle and is adapted to travel overthe same as the false bottom is forced downward.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein likecharacters indicate like parts throughout both views.

Figure 1 is a vertical section taken through a bottle having myinvention applied thereto and Eig. 2 is a horizontal section taken onthe line fr? of Fig. 1.

The numeral 1 indicates the body of a bottle, which bottle is ofcylindrical form. The numeral 2 indicates a quite heavy disk-like falsebottom, which lits loosely within the bottle and is preferablyconstructed of glass and provid ed with perforations 2, that permit thesaid false bottom to settle under very slight resistance from the brineor liquid within the bottle. A cord, wire, or similar flexibleconnection 3 is passed downward through and then upward through thecentral portion of the false bottom 2, and its ends are brought upwardand are detachably secured to the slidable support which frictionallyengages and travels over the outer surface of the bottle. This slidablefalsebottom support is constructed from a single piece of spring-wire 4,which is bent to form a vertical standard 4, a pronged lower endspring-clamp f1, and inturned head-sections 4. The spring-clam p or baseportion A" of the support is adapted to be sprung onto or olf from thebottle and when applied to the bottle clamps the saine with suchfriction that it will slide upon the bottle only when considerabledownward or upward force is applied thereto.

The ends of the cord 3 are' adapted to be secured in any suitable way tothe outer portion of the head-section 4. WVhen the slidable orfrietional support is applied to the bottle and to the cord 8 as shownin Fig. 1 and the false bottom 2 and the support 4t are forced upwardnear the top of the bottle, the bottle is in condition to be packed.

In Fig. l the character e indicates what may be assumed to be olives.Assuming' that the bottle is to be filled with olives, they are selectedand picked by the fingers, and one layer is laid upon the raised falsebottom close to the transparent wires of the bottle. The central portionof the layer should also be iilled in. Then one layer has beencompleted, it is pressed downward to make room in the top of the bottleor at the bottle-mouth for another layer and the false bottom and itsfrictional traveling support are forced downward as successive layersare iilled in. rhey are forced downward until the bottle is filled anduntil the sliding false bottom has reached the bottom proper of thebottle.

The frictional support 4. and the cord 3 may and usually will be removedfrom the bottle. However, the cord 3 may be left within the lilledbottle. This cord will then serve as means for raising the false bottom2 to bring the olives or other articles up to the top of the bottlewhere they may be easily reached.

W'hat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows:

l. A bottle-filling device of the character described, comprising afalse bottom adapted to Work in a bottle, and provided with a exibleoperating connection adapted to extend outward'through the open mouth ofthe bottle, substantially as described.

2. A bottle-filling device comprising a Jfalse bottom adapted to work ina bottle, and provided with a detachable flexible operating connectionadapted to extend outward through the mouth of the bottle, substantiallyas described.

3. A bottle-filling device comprising a false bottom adapted to workwithin a bottle, and a iiexible operating connection threaded throughsaid bottom, and the ends of which connection are adapted to workthrough the open mouth of a bottle, substantially as described.

4. A bottle-filling device comprising a false bottom, and a frictionalsupport therefor, and

which support is subject to friction that is distinct and independent ofthe friction between said bottom and the body of the bottle within whichit is applied, substantially as described.

5. A bottle-filling device comprising a false bottom adapted to workwithin a bottle, and a frictional support for said bottom, which supportis adapted to detachably engage with the exterior of the bottle withinwhich said false bottom is inserted, substantially as described.

6. A bottle-filling device comprising a false bottom adapted to workwithin a bottle, and having a connection extending to the open end ofthe bottle, and a sliding supportdetachably securable to the outer endof said connection, and having a spring-clamp adapted to frictionallyengage with the exterior of the bottle, substantially as described.

7. A bottle-iilling device comprising a false bottom adapted to workwithin a bottle, and having a connection extending to the mouth of thebottle, and a sliding support formed from a single piece oi' wire bentto form a standard 4, the spring clamping-prongs Lil and the head 4C,said head being adapted to hold said false-bottom connection, and whichprongs 1i are adapted to frictionally clamp and slide over the exteriorof the bottle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereotl I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY G. ROTH.

Witnesses:

ROBERT C. MABEY, F. D. MERCHANT.

